From: zymurgy on
On 30 Sep, 13:50, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the
> French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)?

1) The Sun, and the rest of the redtops.
2) The people who think we still have a British Empire, and that
Europe/The EU is subservient to the British Bulldog.

HTH

Paul.
From: Leszek Karlik on
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <rosbif(a)gmail.com> wrote:

[...]
> But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the
> French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)?

Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt? :->
Also Orleans, Formigny and Castillon.
Not to mention Trafalgar and Waterloo.

And I guess it all started at Hastings. ;-)

--
Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik
NTV 650
From: Chris H on
Cab wrote:
> I'm expecting [1] some wonderful responses to this but hopefully some
> sensible ones too.
>
> I know that a lot of you love coming over here and enjoy the roads.
> The ex-pat population is sizeable in France now and there are loads of
> other "links" between England and France.
>
> But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the
> French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)?

</troll>

For the similar reasons that Arabs hate Israeli's. There's no more bitter
and long lasting a conflict as occurs between brothers.

<troll>

<sits back and pours a glass of wine>

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From: Leszek Karlik on
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:10 +0200, Chris H
<fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:

[...]
> </troll>
> For the similar reasons that Arabs hate Israeli's.

Israeli's what?

> <sits back and pours a glass of wine>

<Bob The Angry Flower waves at you>

--
Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik
NTV 650
From: bod43 on
On 30 Sep, 14:10, "Leszek Karlik" <les...(a)hell.pl> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the
> > French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)?
>
> Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt? :->
> Also Orleans, Formigny and Castillon.
> Not to mention Trafalgar and Waterloo.
>
> And I guess it all started at Hastings. ;-)

http://www.historyguy.com/anglo_french.html

Norman Invasion of England, (1066) -William the
Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and a
Anglo-French War, (1109-1113)
Anglo-French War, (1116-1119)
Anglo-French War, (1123-1135)
Anglo-French War, (1159-1189)
Anglo-French War, (1202-1204)
Anglo-French War, (1213-1214)
Anglo-French War, (1242-1243)
Anglo-French War, (1294-1298)
Anglo-French War, (1300-1303)
The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)-The Hundred
Years' War was actually a series of wars
Anglo-French War, (1337-1360)
Anglo-French War, (1369-1373)
Anglo-French War, (1412-1420)
Anglo-French War, (1423-1453)
Anglo-French War, (1475)
Anglo-French War, (1488) -Also known as Henry
VII's Invasion of Brittany.
Anglo-French War, (1489-1492) -Also known as Henry
VII's Second Invasion of Brittany.
Anglo-French War, (1510-1513)-Also known as the
War of the Holy League, England joined
Anglo-French War, (1521-1526)-Henry VIII joined the
Hapsburg Empire in a war against
Anglo-French War, (1542-1546)-Henry VIII again
joined the Hapsburg Empire in a war
Anglo-French War, (1549-1550)-French King Henry II
declared war with the intention of
Anglo-French War, (1557-1560)-England's Queen
Mary drew her country into war allied to
Anglo-French War, (1589-1593)-England was
caught up in the great Protestant-Catholic
Anglo-French War, (1627-1628)-Also known in France
as the Third Bearnese Revolt, England
Anglo-French War, (1666-1667)
Anglo-French War, (1689-1697)-Known in Europe as
the War of the League of Augsburg AND
Anglo-French War, (1702-1712)-Known in Europe as
the War of the Spanish Succession, in
Anglo-French War, (1744-1748)-Known in Europe as
the War of the Austrian Succession and
Anglo-French War, (1749-1754)-Known in India as
the Second Carnatic War.
The British Anglo-French War, (1755-1763)-Known in
Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North
Anglo-French War, (1779-1783)-Also known as the
American Revolution. Also involved
Wars of the French Revolution, (1792-1802)-The Wars
of the French Revolution spanned a
Austro-Prussian Invasion of France, (1792)-In
support of the deposed, but still
War of the First Coalition, (1792-1798)-Britain,
Austria, Prussia, Spain, Russia,
War of the Second Coalition, (1798-1801)-Britain,
Austria, Russia, Portugal, Naples
War of the Third Coalition, (1805-1807)
The Napoleonic Wars, (1802-1815)

And then there is Dunkirk and generally running away and
leaving the French to their fate by the Nazis (from a French
pov)


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